E3: Watch_Dogs announced

Ubisoft certainly managed to end their conference with a bang by showing a long gameplay sequence of what can only be a title developed for PC and next-gen consoles in mind: Watch_Dogs. First screens inside, and hopefully a video will follow.
Ubisoft lists this game as PS3/360/PC on their press site, but unless they degrade the graphics to a point where it looks completely different I don't believe it will ever be released on current generation systems.Update : Added direct feed gameplay video.

Development of Watch Dogs is being led by Ubisoft Montreal, with a team comprised of industry veterans from blockbuster franchises like Assassin’s Creed®, Rainbow 6® and Far Cry™. Watch Dogs blends cutting-edge technologies and sophisticated game design into a realistic and living open world where players must use any means at their disposal to take down a corrupt system.

In Watch Dogs, players enter the dangerous world of Aiden Pearce, a new class of antihero whose ability to hack into any connected system could be his most powerful weapon. Whether it’s triggering a 30-car pileup by manipulating traffic-lights to trap an enemy during a downtown shootout or tapping into the city’s omnipresent security cameras to access anyone’s personal information, Pearce is capable of coercing and controlling almost every element of the world around him.

“Watch Dogs goes beyond the limits of today’s open-world games by giving players the ability to control an entire city,” said Jonathan Morin, creative director, Ubisoft. “In Watch Dogs, anything connected to the city’s Central Operating System becomes a weapon. By pushing the boundaries, we can provide players with action and access to information on a scale that’s never been seen in a video game before.”

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It takes place in the summer of 2003, where during a blackout in New York a disgusted employee unleashed a virus on the city.

Because of this, the city is now controlled by a computer controlled by a major corporation. The computer knows all your actions, thoughts, etc and links everything you do to the system. All data is interconnected.

Players can control an entire surveillance system in the game, and use the computer system as a weapon once hacked."

Anyone else think that this was going to be a Person Of Interest game when the demo first started? Also if it really is going to be released on the Xbox 360 I want to see some video of that version! I honestly assumed it was a next-gen game, especially when the trailer didn't have any platforms mentioned.

Posted by tomcatobiNothing looked "Next gen" except some parts of the shooting parts and even that looked doable small compromises. Look at the npc's outside the club. LOW RES!!

It's all in the details, and this is doing more than a current gen console can handle. Just wait for the GTA 5 footage- it will all become clear (yes, the dev said it was open world before they showed the vid)...

Posted by alimokraneWhile this all looks stunning but clearly it's just an Assassin's Creed in a modern City with way prettier graphics - I dont see the wow factor here.

If you trim it down like this, Prototype 1/2 are Assassins Creed in a modern city with uglier graphics, GTA4 is Assassins Creed in a modern city without the parcour elements, Infamous is Assassins Creed in a modern city with superpowers ... I think this game can well stand on its own. Reminded me more on '95s Anime Ghost in the Shell with less cyberpunk-elements and some Deus Ex.
I'm really really looking forward to this.

Melmoth
i was expecting something genre-breaking by the early buzz, but it was pretty much MCU formula again. Best part was the female royal guards which were awersome. (3 Hours ago)

Melmoth
i liked Black Panther. Thought it was better than the latest spiderman, and about same as thor ragnarok. It was pretty standard story and visuals. some good characters. not GOAT by a long shot. (3 Hours ago)